§ 28-9.3-10 - Arbitration board – Composition. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 28-9.3-10

   § 28-9.3-10  Arbitration board –Composition. – (a) Within seven (7) days after arbitration has been requested as provided in§ 28-9.3-9, the negotiating or bargaining agent and the school committeeshall each select and name one arbitrator and shall immediately notify eachother in writing of the name and address of the person so selected. The two (2)arbitrators selected and named shall, within ten (10) days from and after theirselection, agree upon and select and name a third arbitrator. If within the ten(10) days the arbitrators are unable to agree upon the selection of a thirdarbitrator, the third arbitrator shall be selected in accordance with the rulesand procedure of the American Arbitration Association.

   (b) If the negotiating or bargaining agent agrees with theschool committee to a different method of selecting arbitrators, or to a lesseror greater number of arbitrators, or to any particular arbitrator, or if theyagree to have the board of regents for elementary and secondary educationdesignate the arbitrator or arbitrators to conduct the arbitration, theagreement shall govern the selection of arbitrators. However, if the board ofregents for elementary and secondary education is unwilling or fails todesignate the arbitrator or arbitrators, an alternative method of selectionshall be used.

   (c) The third arbitrator, whether selected as a result ofagreement between the two (2) previously selected arbitrators, or selectedunder the rules of the American Arbitration Association, or by the board ofregents for elementary and secondary education, or by any other method, shallact as chairperson.